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1.1Concern about and well-informed interest in a particular situation or development.

‘a growing environmental awareness’

‘his political awareness developed’

‘The Serbs suppressed the Albanians, which in turn fostered Albanian armed resistance in the 1920s and raised national awareness among Albanians.’

‘The Group Award is presented in five categories: excellence in development, product quality, logistics, entrepreneurial performance and environmental awareness.’

‘Increased levels of youth awareness about where to get contraception.’

‘Reagan campaigned for skin cancer awareness.’

‘It also aims to increase public awareness on issues of emotional well-being.’

‘The collective salvation of our civilisation requires the inner transformation of every individual from the ignorance of materialism and individualism to the Gnosis of collective spiritual awareness.’

‘The event focused not only on fundraising, but also on raising awareness about youth leadership and getting youth involved with non-governmental organisations.’

‘The groups, however, are important for increasing both patient education and awareness of global issues affecting treatment.’

‘Many Savannah State students say an awareness of their heritage is one of the school's biggest selling points.’

‘A bolton charity is trying to raise awareness of age discrimination - using its own specially trained team of older people.’

‘The alliance has also reached out to women workers and students, to raise awareness about women's rights under the new labour law.’

‘He is ceaselessly trying to spread awareness amongst the addicted against the hazards of different addictions.’

‘Underpinning this year's congress was a strong current of environmental awareness.’

‘Taylor expressed hope that he would bring a new awareness to the board.’

‘People's awareness of condoms is also weak.’

‘The key is to increase awareness.’

‘I've seen more awareness of the outside world, more awareness of Third World issue.’